Khatia Buniatishvili Dedicates her Second Album on Sony Classical To Chopin

 

Khatia Buniatishvili Dedicates her Second Album on Sony Classical To Chopin

Available September 18, 2012

 

“Chopin’s music is like a breath of a young soul, with no time to be indifferent to love”

-Khatia Buniatishvili

Khatia Buniatishvili has been described by The Independent as “the young Georgian firebrand.” At only 24 years old, this Tblisi-born pianist has already achieved an exceptional maturity of interpretation and a distinctive artistic approach that make her playing unmistakable. For her second album on Sony Classical, Khatia now releases Chopin on September 18^th, 2012.

The album encompasses five works superbly showcasing the breadth of her skills as a pianist. Chopin’s Sonata No. 2, op. 35, in formal and pianistic terms, is one of the most consummate works of the post-Beethoven period and above all known for its fascinatingly, strangely scurrying finale, which Robert Schumann compared to the mocking smile of a sphinx. The unprecedentedly lavish Ballade No. 4, op. 54 is extremely demanding, both technically and artistically. Waltz No. 2, op. 64, is suffused with Slavic heavyheartedness, while Mazurka No. 4, op. 17 concludes enigmatically, as if with an open question. This Polish folk dance is also the basis for the finale of Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 2.

 

Khatia, who lives in Paris and speaks five languages, made her debut as soloist with orchestra when she was only six years old. Before the age of ten she received her first invitations to play in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, France, Italy, Israel and the United States.

Khatia is not only a third prize winner in the 2008 Rubinstein Piano Competition, but also a recipient of the award for the best Chopin interpretation. In 2010, she received the Borletti-Buitoni Trust Award and was included in the BBC New Generation Artists series. Since then, Khatia’s career has advanced into a new dimension: she has played with Paavo Järvi and Kent Nagano, among others, and in 2011 opened the Ruhr Piano Festival.

In the current season, Khatia is the “rising star” in Vienna at the Musikverein and Konzerthaus. She is performing recitals in Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam and Paris, as well as at the Wigmore Hall and is a guest at the festivals in Schwetzingen, Lucerne and Verbier. In October, Khatia makes her debut with the Munich Philharmonic and the San Francisco Symphony.

 

 

From Artist Video Collection

 

 

Track listing:  Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano

*Orchestre de Paris, Paavo Jarvi

 

 

 

Waltz in C-sharp minor, op. 64/2 - 1. Tempo giusto

Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, op. 35 - 2. Grave - Doppio movimento - 3. Scherzo - 4. Marche funèbre: Lento - 5. Finale: Presto

Ballade No.4 in F minor, op.52 - 6. Andante con moto

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, op. 21* - 7. I. Maestoso - 8. II. Larghetto - 9. III. Allegro vivace

Mazurka in A minor, op.17/4 - 10. Lento ma non troppo

 

U.S. Performance:

Oct. 18, 19, 20 – San Francisco, CA

Davies Symphonie Hall

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2

Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski

Visit her website http://www.khatiabuniatishvili.com and listen to some of the most exhilarating music by a woman whom is being recognized as innovative and an incredible, emotionally driven performer destine for worldwide acclaim.

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